Mountmellick (parish)
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Mountmellick | |
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Roman Catholic parish | |
  Mountmellick Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°06′59″N 7°19′27″W / 53.116284°N 7.324104°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Laois |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Mountmellick, is a Catholic parish in County Laois within the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin in Ireland.[1]
As of 2023[update], the parish priest was Mícheál Murphy.[2]
Churches
[edit]The parish is served by two churches: St. Joseph's Church in Mountmellick and St. Mary's Church in Clonaghadoo.[3]
The main church is St. Joseph's Church in Mountmellick. Building of this church started in 1864, to be completed in 1878. In 1912, a bell-tower was added. The church was originally a rectangle until an extension in 1965 changed it in a cruciform shape.[4]
The second church in the parish is the St. Mary's Church in Clonaghadoo. This church was built in 1970 and replaced an older chapel a short distance away.[5]
Notable people
[edit]- Patrick Lennon, parish priest and later bishop of Kildare and Leighlin[citation needed]
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St. Joseph's Church, Mountmellick -
St. Mary's Church, Clonaghadoo
References
[edit]- ^ "Mountmellick -- Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin | County of Laois" – via registers.nli.ie.
- ^ "Priest Directory - Mícheál Murphy PP VF". kandle.ie. Kildare and Leighlin Diocese.
- ^ "Mountmellick Parish". mountmellickparish.ie.
- ^ "The Memory Trail - St. Joseph's Catholic Church". thememorytrail.com.
- ^ "Laois Burial Grounds Survey 2011, page 283" (PDF). laois.ie. Laois County Council.[dead link]
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